Terrific Full-Length 'Up in the Air' Trailer

I'm a firm believer in the idea that it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it. Sure, we all have our favorite genres. We all have particular themes that hit home for us. But I think blanket statements like "I don't like sci-fi" or "I don't like romantic comedies" are pretty short-sighted. A movie that's about pretty much anything, in any genre, can be fantastic with the right talent and execution behind it. And if the filmmakers actually care about the characters, that's a really good first step.
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman's follow-up to Juno, is a perfect example. As I've said before, I would normally not be very interested in a movie about George Clooney realizing he's lonely. But the teaser trailer -- with a subversive voice-over monologue by Clooney over a series of carefully-constructed, beautiful shots -- was almost hypnotic. Now the full trailer has come out, and while full trailers often lose some of the magic of their teasers because they have to actually explain the plot, this one doesn't. It still looks really good.
Watch it below or in full HD at Apple.

Interesting how Reitman has stuck a lot of actors known for doing comedy in this dramatic film. There's Jason Bateman and J.K. Simmons, both from Juno, but also Danny McBride (Land of the Lost), Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men) and of course The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis. I'm curious to see what each of them will do.

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